Purchasing Jujube tree online

[BobVance]

@Suong.lim

purchasing a tree online and would like some recommendations

To read more than you may be interested in:

Jujube Vendor Comparison

Over the winter and spring, I updated the below thread with my Jujube orders. Now that they have been growing for a while, I’ll give an update and summary. [image] *- Cost includes shipping and assumes an order size of 4 trees. Figure is exact when I was able to calculate it based on the site’s formula and rounded to the nearest dollar when estimated. Trees of Antiquity- Nice big trees, with 5/8" to 15/16" calipers.They also have a decent selection, with Shanxi Li (which I got 2 of) and a…

In terms of trees, I echo Honey Jar and Sugar Cane. For a more full answer, see:

SO Jujube or Sugarcane

In my climate, I rank things as follows: Fruit quality: 1.) Honey Jar and Sugar Cane- top tier, crisp and juicy (as juicy as Juju get…) 2.) So (from JFaE)- a notch below HJ and SC, but still very good, with some crisp juice 3.) Bok Jo and Shanxi Li- Decent to eat, plenty of sugar, but not crisp/juicy (edit: some of the later season Bok Jo were better, moving up into category #3) 4.) True drying jujubes (I think Huping and maybe one other which I can’t recall)- moist sawdust and not good to …

@mamuang

Usually, buying a bare root tree is cheaper than a potted tree. However, this is quite late for buying bare root trees.

Yes, I think that (a bit late for bare root) is why SuongJim is looking at EL and RE. I hadn’t seen RE before, but I just took a look and wow is it pricey. $150 for a 7gal Honey Jar. EL has 7 gal for $90, which is already almost double the cost of bare roots. If they are large mature trees, it could be worth it, but I’ve never ordered from them before. The one time I ordered from EL, I got a couple bare roots, so I don’t have any experience with their potted trees either.

I took a quick look and Trees of Antiquity does still have bare root Li and Burnt Ridge has So/Contorted, so there are still a few out there.

@tonyOmahaz5

5 Sandia jujube scions of Dr Yao favorite

I’m interested to hear how it does for you. It is supposed to be late season with excellent eating quality, according to NM states site:

Recent importation from China. Medium sized round fruit. Crispy texture, excellent fresh eating quality. Near maturity, it has light brown patches first before the red / brown color. More primary shoots with curly leaves than most cultivars, but fewer than sugarcane. Has some similarities with Dongzao (Winter jujube, very late in season, most popular fresh eating cultivar in China). Limited information in the U.S.